Kite.



s. F. PERKINS.

KITE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29. 1916.

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, specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Mary 29, 19ft? Application filed November 29, 1918. Serial No. 134,184.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, SAMUEL F. PERKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Kites, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in kites and has for its object the production of a very simple and strong kite which is adapted to be folded into a verysmall and compact parcel for shipment or storage.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a kite em- Fig. 2 is a crosssection of a portion of a kite, said section being taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, illustrating the cross stick and reinforcing stick and the preferred method of securing said sticks together.

' Fig. 3 'is a perspective view of contiguous portions of the main and cross sticks,-illustrating the manner in which said sticks are detachably secured together.

Fig. 4 is a detail section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2, showing the means for positioning the cross stick vertically on the main stick and the manner in which the upper end of the bridle of the kite is attached to the frame.

. Fig. 5 is a transverse section, similar to Fig. 2, illustrating a modified form of reinforcing stick.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one end of the reinforcing stick illustrated in Fig. 5 and a portion of the cross stick adjacent thereto. 7

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 7 is the main stick and 8 is the cross stick of the kite. lBoth ends of each of the sticks 7 and 8 are notched at the greatest depth of said notches being preferably slightly nearer to the rear edges of said sticks. than they are to the front.

'edges 10 thereof.

1 A cover 11 is detachably secured to the cross sticks 7 and 8, referably by means of rings 12, one of which is attached at each corner of the cover 11 and lies in one of the recesses 9 when the kite is ready for flying.

other and tight enough to draw the ends of said cross stick rearwardly so as to bow said stick, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The cross stick 8 is preferably arranged at the front of the main stick 7 and a substantially straight reinforcin stick 14 is disposed upon the opposite side or at the rear of said main stick alongside of said cross stick and preferably lies in the same horizontal plane with said cross stick. This reinforcing stick is shorter than the cross stick 8 but owing to the fact that said cross stick is bowed the ends of said reinforcing stick touch-said cross stick at the points 15, 15, which points are slightly more than half the distance between the main stick 7 and the opposite ends of said cross stick.

Means have been provided for securing the opposite ends of the reinforcing stick 14 to the adjacent portions of the cross stick 8, said means preferably consisting of a number of coils of cord 16 which lie within notches 17 at opposite ends of said reinforcing stick 14 to prevent said loops from slipping from said ends. These loops are slack enough to permit a slight movement between V main stick 7. The separators are preferably secured to the cross stick 14 by nails 19 and the stick 8, separators 18 and reinforcing stick 14 are finally all securel bound together by a plurality of coils o cord 20, 20 and upon opposite sides of said stick 7, thus forming a hole 21 just large enough to receive the stick 7 and permit the same to be removed when desired, without disturbing the securing means or cords 20.

Furthermore, by securing the separators 18 to the reinforcing stick 14 instead of to the cross stick 8, said cross stick will not be weakened in the least and thereby all danger of said stick being broken by the force of the wind thereagainst when the same is in the air will be eliminated. To position the cross stick 8 and the reinforcing stick 14 at the proper distance from the upper end of the main stick a screw eye 22 is attached in the front face of said stick 7 and the stick 8 is slipped upon the stick 7 from the upper end thereof and rests against said screw eye, as will be seen by referring to Fig. 4. I

The screw eye projects forward slightly beyond the front edge 10 of the stick 8 through the covering 11, and to said .eye is attached the upper end 23 of the bridle 24 of the kite. Said end passes through said eye around the sticks 8 and 14 at one side of the stick 7, then back underneath said sticks 8 and 14: at the opposite side of said stick 7, thence toward the rear above said cross sticks upon the same side of said stick 7 and finally toward the front again on the opposite side of the stick 7 beneath said cross stick and through the eye 22 where it is secured to itself at said eye, thus firmly binding said cross stick, reinforcing stick and main stick together.

In Fig. 5 the construction of the frame is similar in every respect to that shown in the preceding figures, except as to the manner in which the reinforcing stick 1.4 is attached to the main stick 8. In this form instead of employing the cords 16, I have provided a U-shaped metal clip 25 for each end of said reinforcing stick 14. v

The clip 25 is arranged to inclose the three exposed sides of the reinforcing stick 14, while the ends 26 and 27 of said clip overlap the adjacent portions of the stick 8. These ,ends,however, are not secured to said stick 8, but merely slidably engage said stick, permitting a slight relative movement between the same and said reinforcing stick under abnormal stresses.

By means of the construction hereinbefore specifically described a very strong cross stick will be provided and said stick will not 'be weakened by nails or screws driven therethrough for the purpose of securing the same to the main stick. It will be obvious that the particular method of securing the cross sticks and main stick together may be employed in other types of kite than that shown, without in the least departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus specifically described my invention what I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is:

1. A kite having, incombination, a pair of sticks disposed substantially at right angles to each other, a reinforcing stick arranged alongside of one of said pair of sticks, means constructed and arranged to separate the central portions of said reinforcing stick and the stick alongside thereof to form a pocket adapted to receive the stickdisposed at right angles thereto, and means for maintaining the ends of said reinforcing stick in slidable engagement with the stick alongside thereof. I

2. A kite having, in c0mbinati0n, a main stick, a pair of cross sticks arranged upon opposite sides of said main stick, means for securing said cross sticks at a distance apart substantially equal to the thickness of said main stick, and means for maintaining opposite ends of one of said cross sticks-in slidable engagement with the other cross stick of said pair.

3. A kite having, iii combination, a main stick, a pair of cross sticks arranged upon opposite sides of said main stick, means for securing said cross sticks at a distance apart thereof adapted to bow said stick, a substantially straight reinforcing stick arranged alongside of said .bowed stick, means for separating said bowed stick and said reinforcing stick, said means adapted to engage opposite sides of the stick disposed at right angles thereto and to position the same longitudinally of said bowed stick, and means for maintaining the ends of said reinforcing stic}; in sliding engagement with said bowed stic In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL F. PERKINS.

Witnesses:

SYDNEY E. TAFT, Ha'rcmi E. STRA'I'IO'N. 

